MA: Asbestos workers protest Brown’s office, release letter backing Warren’s work

[TroyD]

Fri, Oct 5, 2012

An interesting development in the Senate race, via a release that just landed in my inbox: members of the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local #6, headquartered in Dorchester, will protest outside Scott Brown’s South Boston campaign office this morning to ask him “to take down a campaign ad that lies about Elizabeth Warren’s work in a case involving victims of asbestos poisoning.” They also released the following letter to Brown, to be hand-delivered this morning:

Dear Senator Brown:

At your first debate with Elizabeth Warren, you accused her of siding with Travelers Insurance Company to deny people with asbestos poisoning their benefits and added, “I hope all the Asbestos Union Workers are watching right now.”

As the Business Manager of Asbestos Workers Local 6 – which represents 450 asbestos workers in Massachusetts – I can attest that many of us were watching and were shocked and upset by your mischaracterizations and politicization of this serious issue. We were also disappointed to see your totally unsupported and unsupportable subsequent allegation that asbestos victims “have died as a result of her efforts,” as well as to see you repeating these false attacks in your second debate and in a new false, misleading, and offensive television attack advertisement.

The truth is that Elizabeth Warren represented Travelers at a time when the company was on the same side as a vast majority of asbestos victims. Elizabeth fought for a principle that most asbestos victims agree with strongly: that settlement trusts are an important part of the law and should be continued to be used. To say otherwise is either ignorant of the facts or a cynical lie designed to trick people to vote for you.

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More:

http://bluemassgroup.com/2012/10/asbestos-workers-protest-browns-office-release-letter-backing-warrens-work-request-to-meet-with-brown/

[Indpndnt]

1. Oh, this is perfect!

Call out the lying slug! Great job, Asbestos Union Workers!

[jsmirman]

2. That is great

good for them for standing up to his bullshit

[freshwest]

3. Will be forewarding this to people I know in boilerworkers as they are also affected by asbestos.

Thanks for posting this TroyD.

[pacalo]

4. Republicans are SHAMELESS, period, but when they're campaigning for votes

they are no better than CRIMINALS. They couldn't win without lying & they depend on low-information voters to believe their slanderous lies. Brown is disgusting & I hope he loses in a landslide. It's so hard to believe that a state who had confidence in Ted Kennedy for 37 years would accept such a low character as Scott Brown to follow such a legend.

[TroyD]

5. MA Senate poll to come out tomorrow

Just heard a new MA poll is coming out tomorrow with the teaser that one of the Senate candidates has seen a drop in their favorability rating. I'm hoping it's Brown . . .

[Submariner]

6. Warren up about 10 points in past week on Intrade

http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=745936